3-D desktop

[Matthew Voss]

Thank for your help. Is compiz better or beryl?
Goo3

On 6/8/07, Cybe R. Wizard <cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> "Matthew Voss" <matthew.lns1 at gmail.com>  said:
> > Also I don't know how to install it. I have a compatible ATi  card and
> > hardware acceleration enabled.
> > Goo
>
> Are you in fact looking for 3d desktop /effects/ as in Compiz or Beryl
> or the 3ddesktop package which is a very different thing.  If Beryl,
> try:
> http://wiki.beryl-project.org/index.php/Install/Ubuntu/Edgy/XGL
> which is a tutorial for installing Beryl to your system and
> configuring it on Edgy but it worked for my Feisty installation, too.
> Compiz comes, I believe, with Feisty but has to be called, it isn't
> 'turned on' by default.
> If it's the 3ddesktop package you want then just
> <apt-get (or aptitude) install 3ddesktop> and, in a terminal run
> <sudo 3ddeskd>
> to start the daemon and then
> <3ddesk>
> to operate it.  Arrow keys to switch, <Enter> to zoom in.
> Incidentally, if you have Beryl installed and working you'll see only
> one desktop when using 3ddesktop unless you've changed the default
> desktop number in the configuration.  The sides of the Beryl polygon
> aren't really desktops in the traditional sense.  You have to change
> the setting for 'Number of Desktops' in the Beryl settings manager.
> Then each desktop will have a polygon (Beryl 'cube') of its own.
>
> Cybe R. Wizard
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